Is that a single dose?
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Are you taking it all at once or 100 mg twice weekly?
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Yes twice weekly 100 mg than again in 2 days. Repeat.
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Doxycyline is one of the four drugs in the Care Oncology protocol, and as described by Jane McClelland in “How to Starve Cancer”. The other three are: atorvastin, mebandazole, and metformin. These all impede cancer cells from getting nutrients or they disrupt their mitochondrial growth. The protocol is founded on the research that shows cancer should be treated as primarily a metabolic disease (rather than as a primarily genetic screwup). The logic behind this is beautifully articulated by Jason Fung in "The Cancer Code,"as well as by Jane McClelland.
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I have zero interest in using doxycycline as a standalone treatment. That said, it will likely become a vital component in future anti-aging protocols.
The reason is simple: it acts as the activation switch for ER-100 epigenetic reprogramming therapy. Once OSK transcription factors are delivered via AAV vectors, doxycycline is required to trigger OSK expression.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07290244
- ER-100 is an investigational AAV-based epigenetic therapy administered via intravitreal injection to one eye. It uses a modified adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector to deliver instructions for producing three transcription factors-OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 (collectively referred to as OSK)-intended to reverse age-related epigenetic changes in retinal cells. Systemic doxycycline is administered for 8 weeks (56 days) to activate OSK expression. ER-100 does not alter the participant’s existing genes, and the AAV vector has been engineered to eliminate its ability to cause infectious disease.
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I can do without a needle in the eye.
With regard to its anti-aging potential and toxicity, doxycycline has been tested more than once in mouse lifespan studies and showed no effect on the actual aging process or survival in mice. It seems to be neutral and benign in that respect.
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Thank Deborah for this great info. I have to assume that this protocol should prove useful to even prevent cancer if done say once or twice per year as an example (i.e. starving/killing cancer cells in very early/young stages). Just wondering if they mention such in the material you’ve read/listened to.
Also, do you happen to know the recommended dosage for each medicine (of said protocol)?
Lastly, is mebandazole same as ivermectin?
Thanks,
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Hello Kelman, Mebandazole and ivermectin are both anti-parasite meds but they work differently. The closest to mebandazole is fenbendazole, the dog dewormer. They are both “antihelminths” and people can actually take fenbendazole. The dosages depend on the type of cancer. The “Starve Cancer” book provides guidance on how to develop your own personalized protocol using the four components.
There is a fascinating account by ?John? Tippets – he cured his own cancer after, reluctantly (having tried everything else) taking fenbedazole – because his veterinarian pleaded with him to try it. It worked! He wrote it up and now has thousands of followers.
The “antihelminths” element is very interesting – why would a dog dewormer be an effective drug for cancer? It all makes so much sense when you read “The Cancer Code”. Fung explains that cancer cells start as normal cells that receive an insult: toxins, alcohol, smoking, lawn care chemicals, nasty food additives. The cell then reacts by essentially dropping its higher level programming – the code that makes a cell have its specialized function in a eukarotic organism. It’s like the cell says “oops, I’m hurt, I can no longer do my special function – now, it is all about simply surviving!” So it stops doing its specialized function, and just seeks to grow as fast as it can. And eventually it will seek a way to move out into other parts of the body. (Normal cells don’t do that.). So, the anti wormers work because the injured cells are now like primitive one celled worm like things. They are like individual organisms living in a survival-oriented “every man for himself” mode, not in a cooperative stable mode like the healthy cells in a multi-celled complex organism.
If you have an interest in preventing or treating cancer, I strongly recommend the McClelland and Fung books – one shows what works, and one explains why it works.
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There is a fascinating account by ?John? Tippets
Joe Tippens cancer story: https://mycancerstory.rocks/
I read it many times years ago. HIs story has great merit, but it is important to note that he did take Keytruda while at MD Anderson Cancer Center. I’ll also note that I tested fenbendazole for tolerability at that time. For me it is totally benign when taken with a meal.
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If I recall all people in the trial expired except him.
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So he had a CR to Keytruda. Hard to claim something else provided the benefit when you were on one of the biggest break through drugs in recent history. Regardless of the outcomes of others, even some advanced cancers will have CRs to inhibiting the PDL1 pathway.
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